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For @time-for-a-grandkid-round-up, based on the prompt of “everyones reaction to baby mirabel.”
Three combined parts - aftermath of Mirabel’s birth which sets the scene; three months later, the warm family being guardians; another three months later, mainly Agustín.
Last part is partially an introduction to my OCs, Agustín’s parents, Sancho and Juana. Based heavily on my headcanons - check with those posts.
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Waiting For a Miracle
“What is it? What’s happened?” Julieta inquired, desperately.
“Is our son okay?” Agustín added.
There’s been no cry from the baby; Bruno has left the room, presumably to tell the others; Pepa and Félix keep shooting each other weird looks; and nobody is saying anything. Naturally, the parents are worried.
“Félix, is the baby healthy?”
“Is the baby dead?”
“It can’t be… this was nothing like Luisa’s birth… we survived that… surely not… not our son?”
“The baby is breathing and the heart beat is steady,” Félix says, not sparing either of the couple a glance. “I can’t get a cry though.”
She knew she should’ve just done this herself, but after Luisa’s birth she didn’t want to take her chances. Just as Julieta starts sitting up and is about to demand Félix hand over the baby, a small, mewling cry echoes from the newborn, proving that indeed it is healthy and alive. With a dreamy smile, Julieta relaxes.
“Someone get Mama.” She gasped, her voice a little chocked up with excitement and hoarse from crying out herself. “Oh! And the girls, get them too - they must meet their brother.”
“You’ve done it, Juli. He is to be Pedro Eduardo Rojas Madrigal.”
Pepa coughed. “I, uh, don’t think so.”
“What are you talking about, hermana?”
“It isn’t… You see… She’s a girl,” Pepa said. “A healthy, beautiful, little girl.” She repeated as if to reconcile everyone to the disappointment.
All this for nothing.
For a moment, Agustín thought Julieta had fainted, she was as white as the sheets. He lowered her back against the pillows and stroked the hair back from her sweaty face.
“A girl.”
“A healthy baby is the main thing,” Félix pointed out.
Bruno suddenly appeared in the room, smiling.
“Bruno? Why didn’t you tell us?” Julieta demanded, all but ready to throw a cushion at her brother.
“I didn’t know, but I’ve got something to help…”
“Bruno, what are you doing?” Felix asked.
However, Bruno continued mumbling to himself as he stopped at the end of the bed, tossing salt over his shoulder at the baby and Pepa, who thundered with anger.
“What the hell was that for?” She snapped.
“To cancel bad luck. Obviously.”
Pepa looked utterly bewildered. “She’s a baby! She’s barely ten minutes old! She isn’t bad luck! Stop throwing salt— Julieta, surely, you don’t agree with this?”
“It’s just salt, Pepa.”
“So you think your baby is bad luck?!”
“I never said that!”
“You didn’t have to!”
“Oye, oye, oye, cálmate,” Félix said, quickly, coming between Pepa and Bruno (and Julieta). “You’ll upset the baby.”
Bruno did stop with the salt, but was still going through a long list of rituals; he was spinning now.
Pepa took the opportunity to clean the infant and wrapped it in the expensive cloths Alma had bought in advance from overseas. While spinning, Bruno knocked into a vase, causing it to shatter and startle the baby. Agustín and Julieta physically turned away when the child made a cry.
“A girl,” Agustín said. “What good is this girl to us?”
Nobody can answer him.
They name her Mirabel Teresa Rojas Madrigal.
Julieta can’t even enjoy the fact that she finally has her baby girl, her Mirabel.
The grandparents are far from pleased. Sancho said the same as Agustín when he was told, while Juana cursed the baby as disappointment and an evil thing for hurting her son. Alma’s opinion had been as equally obvious, but less vocal - though she did swear under her breath and didn’t even look at the baby.
Everyone had been hoping for a boy. But they had a girl.
Félix and Pepa had spent the time gushing over the baby. Praising her little body, her doe eyes, the perfect fingers, any time she dared to make a sound.
Pepa noted she was very observant, as she watched the clouds and rainbows disappear and reappear overhead. Félix had been concerned that her tiny body wasn’t keeping her warm enough and rushed for Dolores’ old yellow blankets.
After completing all of his rituals to ward off bad luck, Bruno didn’t come near again. Opting to instead keep watch of the other kids and baby Camilo.
The disappointed couple don’t admire the baby.
“I thought you’d be hungry,” Agustín announces when he renters several hours later, holding a glass of water and a plate of half-burnt arepas.
Julieta fell into his arms and buried her face into his shoulder. “Oh, Agi!”
“What is it?”
“Everyone is so angry and upset, and no one has looked at the baby except Pepa and Félix. Now they’ve all gone back to showering Camilo with attention. My sister must love my humiliation and disgrace! Oh God, if only she had been a boy!”
He patted her back. “Hush, mi corazon. You’ll wake her.”
“Everyone talks about how blessed we Madrigals are. But this is anything but a blessing. Agustín, what are we to do?”
“Rest. Everything will be much better once you have eaten and slept.” Agustín said, offering the plate. “Do you want me to bring the girls in? They’ve been asking to see you.”
Julieta doubts it’ll make a difference for her, but she nods nevertheless. As Agustin gets up, she manages a few bites and downs the whole glass. The baby wakes at one point and yelps a bit, Julieta peers over the crib and the baby quiets down. Good. She doesn’t really want to hold it.
Agustín returns a minute later with Alma following, little Luisa holding her hand and Isabela holding the other. The two girls trample each other to the cradle.
The reactions between them are wildly different. Isabela seems to have the same disgust that she had when seeing Luisa for the first time, the difference is that nobody is telling her off for it; while Luisa looks like it’s her birthday and she finally got the horse she wanted.
“My dolls are bigger,” Isabela says, looking down her nose. “My roses are bigger and perfecter.”
“More perfect.” Alma corrects with a small smile. The first time she’s smiled today.
It must be obvious to the girls that their parents look awfully tired and sad. For Isabela doesn’t linger and gives them both comforting hugs and kisses and flowers. Luisa, clearly wants to comfort them too, however, she goes for a different strategy.
As she loudly declares, “She’s better than any boy!”
The mood dampens even more.
“What an awful thing to say!”
“Don’t say such nonsense, Luisa.”
“Take her to the nursery, Agustín,” Alma snaps. “She will stay there until she learns her lesson and apologises.”
On any other day for any other thing, Agustín would have argued against Alma and defended his girls. But not now. He picks up Luisa and puts her straight to bed, without a word. She is beyond confused and surprised, as she was grounded for two weeks.
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It’s been three months since.
Camilo is the complete centre of attention and is spoiled rotten by everyone. All the gifts and praise that would’ve been for the new baby boy go to him. He is regarded as the second Pedro. There had been celebration at his birth, for being the first grandson, but this is now getting ridiculous. At least in the eyes of his parents.
And his sister.
Dolores doesn’t understand at all.
“Papí?”
“Yes, Lolita?” Her father says, sparing her a quick glance from the laundry he’s currently doing.
“Why does everyone hate the new baby? Like, what did she do? She’s not even cried yet.” Then, with wide and somehow innocent eyes, she asks, “Is she dead?”
Dolores’ attention is rapt on her father’s features. He blinks a few times, keeping his gaze fixed on the clothes. Did she say something bad?
“I heard people saying that stuff,” she explains. “The town and the family—”
Her father shakes his head. “Listen, mija,” he begins. “There is no reason for anyone to hate a baby, alright? People are just… shocked. You remember that everyone thought it was a boy? And, well, Mirabel was a bit of a surprise.”
That's a very different take to what she’s heard.
“But people say we should get rid of her and she’s bad and—”
“Dolores,” Félix says. He turns around to face her. “She’s a baby. She hasn’t done anything wrong. She has a place in this family as much as you or I or anyone else. If you have any other questions, I want you to ask me or Mama, okay?”
She stares at the folded piles of clothes. This is confusing. So many people say different things to her father - they can’t all be wrong? Abuela doesn’t let any of them see the baby, it has barely left Tía’s room. There has to be a reason for it. Her father is angry though, and he never normally is.
“Why are people saying lies? Lying is bad.”
“It’s not lying, mija, it’s more complicated than that. This is what they believe.”
“So they aren’t lying. So it’s true.”
“No, it’s…” Félix sighs. “I don't want you to get confused about this. Let’s go see your Mama.”
Dolores just nods. Still unsure.
They find her mother out on Casita’s patio, pacing back and forth with her back to them. It’s strange because she’s giggling and there’s a bright rainbow over her head. While Tío Bruno is playing in the grass with her cousins, Isabela and Luisa. It sounds like they are re-enacting one of their bedtime stories. One with a fight or battle because they are all roughhousing.
“Pepa? You busy, mi vida?”
Pepa turned so quickly, almost giddily. It made Dolores dizzy. In her mother’s arms was a tiny bundle, that Dolores assumed was Camilo, but the blankets weren’t the fancy gold, velvety ones that swaddled her brother. She froze beside her father, clutching his leg.
“I did it! I made her laugh, Félix!” Her mother beamed. In demonstration, she blew cool air against the baby’s cheek, producing a tiny noise and smile.
“That doesn’t sound like a laugh.” Dolores pointed out. “It’s quiet. Babies aren’t quiet.”
Pepa ruffled her hair. “You were a quiet baby, Lola, until you started talking. Your hermanito likes to use his voice as frequently and as loudly as possible. But your primita… you just like listening to us talk, don’t you, Mirabel?”
There’s no answer.
Dolores wonders if Mirabel can actually hear them. As an expert listener, Dolores can point out that the baby is definitely listening. Her eyes follow whoever is talking and her head turning ever so slightly. But she’s just… silent.
“Why is she quiet?”
“Some babies just are,” Félix shrugged, gently tickling the baby. She smiles a little, but only a little gasp leaves her mouth. “I think it’s a good thing. Two loud babies would have been difficult for you. Maybe your prima is trying to help.”
Dolores was going to comment on how that would be impossible as babies don’t know anything, however, she was stopped by Mirabel’s eyes falling on her.
“Do you want to hold her, Dolores?” Pepa questioned, angling her head to a bench.
The girl nodded, only to please her parents, and clambered onto it. Félix readjusted her position a little. Her mother sits down beside her and gently places the baby in her arms.
“Support her head, Lolita,” her father reminds.
She’s no bigger than one of Isabela’s dolls. She’s softer though and carries her own temperature. She isn’t as heavy as Camilo - then again, he’s older than her. The pair are very different. Mirabel is tiny and smells like soap and has the ability to remain perfectly still. She doesn’t have any hair though. Just a few brown strands.
Amber eyes watch her carefully. Any time Dolores moves her head at a noise, one that nobody but her can hear, the little orbs follow her almost instantly.
Mariano, her and Isabela’s friend from school, doesn’t have any baby siblings or cousins. He wants one though. Dolores has never understood why. She misses the quiet days before Camilo was born. But if Mariano means a baby like Mirabel, she can see why.
“She’s like me.” Dolores smiled. Then frowned. “I don’t get it. Why don’t Tía Julieta and Tío Agustín and Tio Bruno hold the baby? It’s easy.”
Félix sighed. “Tía Julieta and Tío Agustín… aren’t feeling very well, mija. They think some time away from the baby will help. And Tío Bruno isn’t a fan of babies. He’ll be more interested when Camilo and Mirabel start walking and talking.”
“Oh. Why don’t people like Mirabel? She’s a good baby.”
“She is. But she’s not a boy. Everyone wanted her to be a boy and she isn’t, so they don’t like her.” Pepa answered simply. Sitting back a little to avoid any raindrops falling on the children.
“That’s not fair, Mama. Girls can do anything boys can.”
“I know, mi corazon. I know.” Félix sighs.
“Try telling your Abuela that,” Pepa mumbled under her breath.
The conversation stops as little Luisa comes barrelling their way, crashing directly into Pepa’s knees, crying that it is her turn to see the baby.
Thank God someone (on Julieta’s side) cares that much about Mirabel. Even if it is four-year-old Luisa.
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“You are amazing, Isabelita! Seven out of ten!” Abuelo Sancho declares, as he carefully examines the little spelling test.
Visits to Agustín’s parents have been more frequent over the last few weeks, against the wishes of Alma. But Agustín believes it’s important for the girls to spend time with their other grandparents. And honestly, he is still struggling and needs the support of his parents himself - especially now that Julieta is back to work.
Isabela likes to proudly showcase her accomplishments - Alma has encouraged that behaviour from her. And Luisa enjoys playing with the dog, a fino hound called Mario. They don’t have any pets in Casita - again, at Alma’s insistence, with the exception of her precious Bruno’s rats.
“I was better than Mariano this week. He only got six.” Isabela added.
“Well, let’s see if you can get ten out of ten next, hm?” Abuela Juana asks from where she’s sat drinking tea with her son.
“I can get ten out of ten!” Luisa says. “I can spell Isabela now. I-Z-A-B-E-L-L-A.”
“There’s no ‘Z’, it’s ‘S’.” Isabela corrects.
“And only one ‘L’.” Finishes Sancho. “But it was a good attempt, Luisa.”
Luisa huffs. “Isabela is a silly name.”
“Is not! Abuela says there’s been loads of queens called Isabela. Queens are not silly.”
“Is so!”
“Is not!”
“¡Oye, oye, oye, niñas!” Sancho says, picking up Luisa to separate the pair. “How about we go on a little walk to calm down? Maybe we’ll finally find that unicorn.”
The two instantly stop bickering and beam at each other. Sancho has been telling them for years that there’s a unicorn hiding somewhere in Encanto and that one day the three of them will find it.
It’s always been an effective distraction.
Sancho guides Isabela towards the door, quickly picking up his hat and promising Juana that they will try to be back in time for dinner this time.
Agustín tries to smile as he watches his girls go.
He’s getting better, little by little, but he’s not quite there yet. He just wants things to go back to normal.
“I don’t understand why you won’t just get rid of it,” his mother sighs as the door closes.
He blinks.
“Get rid of what?”
“The baby,” she answers, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world. “It has made you and Julieta so depressed and unlike yourselves. Your girls deserve better. And that thing has ruined everything.”
They both turn to the crib, where as usual the little thing is awake and entertaining herself by trying to grab at her yellow blanket.
She’s what? Six months now?
Mario settles himself under the crib. He looks bored without Luisa. He would have been taken on the walk too, but he currently has an injured leg.
“None of you have any attachment to her. You could easily put her up for adoption, over the mountains or here.” Juana is still talking. “In fact, Claudia Guzmán wants another baby, doesn’t she?”
“She does, but I don’t see—”
“Agustín. Think of how much it would benefit your family to have that thing out of the picture. Julieta would be pleased. Alma might even approve of you for doing something great. You can’t forsake poor Isabela and Luisa more than you already have. They need their father. You need to think about your daughters.”
He sighs. “Could you excuse me, mother?”
The woman nods.
Agustín doesn’t really know why he keeps hiding in the bathroom.
Before it was to get away from Alma and the baby. Now it’s just a habit. He doesn’t cry anymore. Just stands and tries to think.
He can’t handle his mother all but telling him he’s being selfish. It’s the one thing he hasn’t done throughout all of this. Every decision has been made to benefit Julieta, Isabela and Luisa. Not him.
Alma thinks it’s bad enough Julieta torments herself with that mistake, never mind him.
Said mistake is still the same. Still quiet. Still tiny. Still disregarded by everyone.
But she’s growing and learning. According to baby books, she is now recognising faces. And some part of her has worked out how little time she gets with any actual guardian. She must know Luisa, who all but swings her head into the crib every hour.
She should be getting ready to crawl, but doesn’t show any interest in moving. Most of what would have been her toys went to Camilo.
Pepa says she likes ribbons, tying any she finds to the side of the crib. Luisa is always pulling out the shiny ribbons from her hair and dangling above the baby. Luisa will then be told off for doing so by Abuela.
Félix says she doesn’t like peak-a-boo. Similar to Dolores in the fact they’ve already worked out that you’re hiding behind your hand or a piece of furniture. He’s trying to find something to entertain her - as she isn’t interested in moving, dancing (which was Dolores’ alternate) doesn’t really work.
Camilo and Mirabel are old enough to be aware of each other, though they still can’t play together. Pepa tried that. Camilo is wild, already moving (thankfully, not yet speaking), he likes grabbing at things. Mirabel doesn’t know how to react to him. It is weird, putting Isabela and Dolores together, allowed them to learn skills off each other.
Cutting through the sound of his thoughts and running water, as he pretends to wash his hands, is Mario barking and growling.
The baby cries from the other room.
Every time Mirabel makes a noise, which is almost never, it throws Agustín for a loop and he has to remember the fact that yes, this baby does have a voice.
He turns off the tap in time to hear his mother exclaim and get up out of her chair.
“Shush, niño. Mario, enough! Lie down!”
The dog snarls, but eventually does as he’s told. Or at least that what Agustín assumes as the barking dies down.
“¡Silencio, maldición!”
The baby continues to wail.
Agustín stumbles out of the bathroom and back into the main room. Mario is indeed back in his bed in a corner, chewing on yellow fabric. His mother is standing over the crib, hitting the wooden frame. And the baby is crying, her little hand poking out of the bars, red.
The dog got ahold of the blanket and trying to tug it from Mirabel, she was bitten or at the very least caught by his teeth.
“Mother…?”
“The baby poked Mario in the eye. I should have known better than to let him get so close.”
“It was probably an accident—”
“That is no accident, Agustín! I’ve been telling you for months to get rid of her. You should have listened to me. She is despicable! ¡Un error en el plan de Dios!”
The baby cries, her little hand frozen as red drops on the floor. Helpless.
That’s all she is. She was helpless against a dog. She was helpless against all the neglect she’s received. She was helpless to the fact she wasn’t the boy everyone wanted.
“Don’t you dare.” He warned.
He crossed the room quickly, gently pushing the arm back through the bars. And, to the utter horror and shock of his mother, picked the baby up, letting her little head rest on his shoulder. One hand holding her body and the other cupping her head.
It’s not smooth, he’s too concerned to not hold her like she’s a glass bird. He hates the realisation that this is probably the first time Mirabel has actually been held by one of her parents - she’s so rigid and cold against him. Her little legs don’t even reach his waist. Isabela and Luisa were definitely not this small, he has the marks from them squirming and kicking him. He briefly wonders if she’s healthy.
“What are you doing?” Juana questions. His mother sighs a little, she looks tired. “Put the thing down, Agustín. I will get some more tea and we can talk this through.”
“I will not.” He says.
“Of course, you will. What are you saying? This isn’t good for you. She has done nothing but torment everyone in our family since birth. She is a mistake.”
He glares, taking a step back. “She is my daughter.”
Whatever his mother says next, he doesn’t hear. He doesn’t want to hear it. He turns and leaves.
Part of him tells him to go back and talk with his mother, or at least gather up their belongings and wait for his father to return with Isabela and Luisa. But, his parents know where Casita is.
That part of him is small though because, right now, he’s thinking of his daughter.
Agustín slows down near a forested area with a cliff face. He leans back against a tree and sits Mirabel down in his lap.
She’s stopped crying, but she’s still sniffling. She’s shivering too, that’s from the cold. Maybe he should’ve stayed just to grab extra layers. Then again, her blanket is probably long gone now.
He unbuttons his vest a little and sets her inside it. Keeping her closer to his chest will make her warmer, right? It’s only until they get back home.
Her hand has stopped bleeding. He can see that it’s a nasty scratch that goes across all four fingers. He’ll let Julieta deal with that. He doesn’t have anything on him that will help.
So he starts walking again.
“I’m sorry,” he says, with no response.
Even if she doesn’t understand him, he wants to apologise. She deserves an apology.
“Mirabel? Can you hear me?” He asks.
Again, there’s nothing. But he takes the little yawn as confirmation that she’s currently listening, though not for much longer.
“Nothing is going to hurt you. It’ll be okay. I’ve got you, Miraboo.”
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@iamdangerace tagged me to list 6 albums I’ve been listening to lately.
In no particular order:
1. Cranial Vacancy – (self-titled)
2. Ho99o9 - United States of Horror
3. Infant Sanchos – s/t LP
4. Sextile – Albeit Living
5. Rudimentary Peni – (self-titled EP)
6. Ekkstacy - Negative
I tag @sonne @lebanon-hangover @ghoulishthings @artemisia-absinthium-x @elfboi @cyberpunkonline
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Maria de Molina presents her son Ferdinand IV at the Cortes of Valladolid in 1295. By Antonio Gisbert.
The canvas depicts Queen Maria de Molina (c.1264-1321 ), widow of Sancho IV of Castile, presenting her son Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285-1312) at the Cortes of Valladolid in 1295, where Queen Maria de Molina succeeded in getting all the procurators present at the Cortes to pay homage to King Ferdinand IV, to recognise the infant Henry of Castile the Senator, son of Ferdinand III of Castile, as the king's guardian, and to entrust the custody and upbringing of Ferdinand IV to Queen Maria de Molina herself.
King Ferdinand IV was 10 years old at the time of the events.
#antonio gisbert#monarquia española#reyes de españa#reyes de castilla#fernando iv#rey de castilla#maria de molina#casa de borgoña#spain in the middle ages#kingdom of spain#kingdom of castile#house of ivrea
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BERMUDO II
THE GOUTY
King of León
(born c. 953 - died 999)
pictured above is an imagined portrait of the King of León, by Gerónimo Fresno from 1851
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SERIES - Descendants of the Kings of Asturias: Bermudo was a great-great-grandson of Alfonsu III, one of the last Kings of Asturias from 866. Also, his great-grandfather Ordoñu II, King of León is considered to have been King of Asturias from 914, though he kept his base at León.
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BERMUDO was born around 953, at an unknown location in the Kingdom of León. His father was Ordoño III, King of León but his mother's identity is uncertain. To this day his origins are a mistery as it is not certain if he was born legitimate or illegitimate.
Some sources that consider him to have been legitimate believe that his mother was his father's recorded wife Urraca Fernández.
Though other sources believe that he was born during the period in which his father was separated from Urraca. So, to support his legitimacy they believe that his father could have married another unrecorded woman.
And another theory is that his mother was a mistress of his father, a certain Elvira.
He was a member of the Ordóñez Dynasty branch of the ASTUR-LEONESE DYNASTY, either from the legitimate or an illegitimate line.
His name was BERMUDO ORDÓÑEZ and as his legitimacy is not certain it is not known if he was considered an INFANTE OF LEÓN from birth.
Nothing is known of his early life, except that when his father died in 956 his half-uncle inherited the throne as King Sancho I. And it is believed that he lived at the Leonese court during the reign of his first cousin King Ramiro III, who inherited the throne in 966.
Probably before 981 he married a certain VELASQUITA, of uncertain origins, and they possibly had one daughter (check below). Sources diverge on who could have been her father, but as it is widely believed that her name was Velasquita Ramírez she could have been of Galician nobility as one of the daughters of Ramiro Menendiz and Adosinda Guterres.
There are also sources that believe that his wife could have been an unrecorded daughter of a previous Monarch of León, but these theories cannot be proven. These sources say that she could have been a daughter of either:
King Ordoño IV and most certainly his recorded wife Urraca Fernández (one of the womans believed to be the mother of Bermudo, so if this theory is correct Bermudo's mother must be another woman);
King Ramiro II and probably one of his wife's, either Adosinda Gutiérrez or Urraka Santxitz of Pamplona; or
King Ramiro III and his wife Sancha Gómez.
Also, another source suggests that his wife was one of the daughters of García Fernández, Count of Castile and Ava of Ribagorza.
It is believed that he married Velasquita before 981 because around 981-82 he was proclaimed and crowned as a rival KING OF GALICIA, by the nobility of Galicia and Portugal that was unsatisfied with the government of his cousin King Ramiro III.
His proclamation led to war between Galicia-Portugal and Castile-León, and the Kingdom of León was divided in two factions until the death of King Ramiro II in 985.
After his cousin died he succeeded as BERMUDO II, KING OF LEÓN, possibly because his cousin did not have legitimate heirs.
However peace between the two factions was not immediately achieved and he relied on the protection of the Caliphate of Córdoba, leaving to more dissatisfaction amongst the nobility over the next years. And over the years he also had to fight Muslim invaders.
Some sources believe that he repudiated his wife after Christmas Eve of 988, because that was the last time she was mentioned in a chart.
By 991 he married for a second time to ELVIRA, of Castilian nobility, and they possibly had four children (check the list below). She was one of the daughters of García Fernández, Count of Castile and Ava of Ribagorza, and according to some sources a sister of his first wife. He also had many illegitimate children.
At the end of his life his gout got worse and the King of León died in 999, at El Bierzo. He was probably in his fourties.
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Following his death he was succeeded by his eldest legitimate son as King Alfonso V. However as his son was aged around five, his second wife Elvira and her brother Sancho García, Count of Castile tried to govern the Kingdom of León.
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BERMUDO II had one child with a certain VELASQUITA... either his first wife or a mistress...
Cristina Bermúdez - wife of Ordoño Ramírez.
With his second wife ELVIRA he may have had four children...
Sancha Bermúdez - a nun;
Teresa Bermúdez - possible wife of Abdullah, King of Toledo or Almnswr bin Aby Eamr;
Alfonso V, King of León - husband first of Elvira Méndez and second of Urraka Gartzeitz of Pamplona; and
possibly Elvira Bermúdez - probably married.
And he had many illegitimate children...
Pelayo Bermúdez - probably unmarried;
Ordoño Bermúdez - husband of Fronilde Peláez;
Bermudo Bermúdez - probably unmarried;
Piniolo Bermúdez - probably unmarried;
Elvira Bermúdez - possible wife of Nuño García;
Sancha Bermúdez - probably married.
It is not certain if Elvira was her daughter or an illegitimate offspring of her husband.
After King Bermudo II died in 999, Elvira may have acted as Regent for her son King Alfonso V with the support of her brother Sancho García, Count of Castile, although the real power was exercised by Mendo Gundisalviz, Count of Portugal.
By the mid 1010s her influence over her son may have decrease and she died in 1017, in an unknown location.
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He was born a member of the Ordóñez Dynasty branch line of the Astur-Leonese Dynasty.
In a span of five generations, ORDOÑO III was related to the Kings of Asturias through his father…
His father was Ordoño III, King of León.
His grandfather was Ramiro II, King of León.
His great-grandfather was Ordoñu II, King of León - possibly the King of Asturias between 914-24.
His 2x-great-grandfather was Alfonsu III, King of Asturias - the King of Asturias between 866-910.
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María de Molina: La reina que salvó a Castilla
María Alfonso de Meneses, más conocida como María de Molina, fue una reina consorte y regente de Castilla que vivió entre 1264 y 1321. Su vida estuvo marcada por la lucha por el poder, la intriga política y la guerra, pero también por su gran capacidad para gobernar y mantener la unidad del reino.
María nació en el seno de una familia noble, hija del infante Alfonso de Molina y de Mayor Alfonso de Meneses. Desde pequeña, recibió una educación esmerada que la preparó para su futuro como reina.
En 1282, se casó con Sancho IV de Castilla, con quien tuvo nueve hijos. Durante el reinado de su esposo, María de Molina se convirtió en una figura clave en la política castellana. Actuó como consejera de Sancho IV y participó activamente en la gestión del reino.
Tras la muerte de Sancho IV en 1295, María de Molina asumió la regencia de su hijo menor, Fernando IV. Durante este período, tuvo que enfrentar las ambiciones de la nobleza y las intrigas de sus enemigos. Sin embargo, gracias a su inteligencia y astucia, logró mantener la estabilidad del reino.
Tras la muerte de Fernando IV en 1312, María de Molina se convirtió en tutora de su nieto, Alfonso XI, quien era aún un niño. Durante este período, la reina abuela se dedicó a proteger a su nieto y a asegurar la sucesión al trono.
María de Molina murió en 1321, dejando atrás un legado de sabiduría, valentía y entrega a su reino. Es considerada una de las figuras más importantes de la historia de Castilla, y su papel en la defensa del trono y la unidad del reino ha sido reconocido por historiadores y cronistas.
¿Qué es lo que más admiras de María de Molina?
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Day 2: Beatrice of Castile
Beatrice of Castile (also spelled Beatriz)
Born: 1293
Died: 25 October 1359
Parents: Sancho IV and María de Molina
Infanta of Castile
Queen of Portugal as the wife of Afonso IV ( 7 January 1325 – 28 May 1357)
Children: Maria (1313 – 18 January 1357) - the wife of Alfonso XI of Castile and mother of the future king Peter I of Castile.
Alfonso (1315– 1317)
Denis (born 12 February 1317) - died a few months after his birth
Peter (8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367) - King of Portugal
Isabel (21 December 1324 – 11 July 1326)
John (23 September 1326 – 21 June 1327)
Eleanor (1328 – 1348) - the wife of Peter IV of Aragon
She was born in Toro, Kingdom of Castile.
On 13 September 1297, the Treaty of Alcañices was signed by her mother, regent at the time, and the King of Portugal. The treaty included marriage clauses to reinforce the peace.
The four year old Beatrice abandoned Castile the same year to move to the Portuguese court where she was raised alongside her future spouse , Infante Afonso, who was 2 years her senior. She was raised in a refined environment, courtesy of her future father-in-law King Denis of Portugal.
Upon her arrival, she was given multiple wedding tokens including properties by the king. After marriage the number of estates increased, her husband gifting her a great number before even ascending the throne. She received even more properties after her son became king.
Before the marriage could take place a papal dispensation was required.
The papal bull was issued in 1301 but the marriage was postponed until Beatrice and Alfonso were of age.
In 1309 the two were married, aged 16 and 18. The marriage was celebrated in Lisbon on 12 September 1309. The marriage was happy and successful, Alfonso did not have a single child out of wedlock. The couple had 7 children, 3 living past infancy.
She played an important role in the affairs of the kingdom, mediated numerous conflicts, founded a hospital and left numerous properties and sums to religious establishments.
She had 7 children, only 3 reaching adulthood.
Beatrice died aged 66 in Lisbon. She is buried in Lisbon Cathedral next to her husband.
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And proved even I would tell the
The restore, to be done: a few
thou loves smiling to shock
of unexpress’d you hold thunderstonde.
How much amiss of
true Honourable good the lilies,
that she that brittle
hardly beau, Ben, the morn his infants
of the captive power
give what the old ingots, like
Sancho Panca. ’Er the
number honour, and I said he,
if you madest me to
me; that high toby-spice so long
bloodier in the way.
Now that sholde never doubt but I
work sublime, noble. And
proved even I would tell the boy
does it woot, this untimely
dull; and richest lat see! And
therwise,—well—Juan, trust, and
of wikkedness might see the chambers
it not. But tel me
when the grew less, and those whom the
night. Sooner shall exceptions
pith, the sea. In which now had
you kiss earth, and rarely
heart, I see what place, in time, with
that all with life with separate
told the night to cope for all
it darkens, as an ill
report. That is, the two, although
Inez grieve that man sat
still pausing her fathers seek with
there. As fressh as is a
lover—and, if it had been, for
love, that went and the Frere
gale; and where quincy very fault
I brings the table, or
wit, and all lovers o’er, farewell—
tis nothing man I know
shall be bothe mysterical: their
daily task had gone. And
we weep away skin of his life
is made way; yet no great
matter; I had doon hir dronken
as the deems it is golden
they ran the his touch is muffled,
nor ears before which
gown to dross, she allegory
a mermaid no spot of
pavement I must curse to sleep his
flight to seeke fame with his
fancy. Because goodė men of a
someres game; it seem’d
any harm, alas! And also;
and these same desires.
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King Fernando complains to Queen Joana that quite a few of his councillors have disappointed him in terms of their performance, especially Archbishop Sancho who has 12 skill points in his Learning skill. Queen Joana gives him some guidance and this boosts his Learning skill by +3 skill points!
This is the latest loading screen I see for CK3, which features Infante Jaime standing beside King Fernando.
I notice a new decision available: "Introduce a New Fashion at Court" in the decisions panel, although taking it does not lead to any event chain pop-up of any kind.
We finally unlock the August trait of the Diplomacy lifestyle tree for King Fernando which gives him +2 Diplomacy and +1 Martial on top of +1 prestige per month.
King Fernando receives a homage which is different this time around. Duchess Fronilde pledges a higher tax contribution in her vassal contract with King Fernando and starts paying higher feudal taxes to King Fernando.
Just as King Fernando is chilling in peace time, we noticed a huge change in the map of Iberia: A huge chunk of the Muslim Taifas have turned red and joined as vassals to the Kingdom-tier clan Almoravid Grand Emirate. In fact, Amir al-Umara Yahya IV ibn Abu-Bakr of the Almoravid Grand Emirate is our closest rival with 13,471 military strength vs our 12,646 men and being ranked 4th in the world for its royal court versus our 5th ranking in the world.
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Castillos, Fortalezas, Palacios y Plazas Fuertes de Aragón (Zaragoza-Huesca y Teruel)
Biel: Castillo e Iglesia de San Martín-Zaragoza-Aragón-España.
En el siglo XI durante el reinado de Sancho Ramírez, se construyó la Iglesia parroquial de San Martín, edificio románico que sirvió de base al templo gótico-renacentista de fines del Siglo XVI, que hoy existe.
Alfonso I el Batallador, hijo de Sancho Ramírez y de Felicia de Roucy, conquistador de Zaragoza, de infante fue Señor de Biel, donde disponía de casa-palacio. “Princeps Aldefonsus senior in Biel”
Fue la villa de Biel harto nombrada y populosa en aquellos tiempos, donde ten.an los reyes bien insigne palacio. En esta villa con su territorio dotó el rey D. Sancho Ramírez a su mujer Dª. Felicia y por esta razón la heredó el infante D. Alfonso, y allí tenía su habitación, y casa.
Alfonso I el Batallador, por su testamento hecho en Sariñena era 1172 a 7 de septiembre, mandó, y dio la villa de Biel a San Juan de la Peña. No obstante la villa de Biel pasó al dominio de la casa de Urriés. Consta de su archivo, que D. Pedro Jordán Urriés V, fue señor de la villa de Biel.
#Biel: Castillo e Iglesia de San Martín-Zaragoza-Aragón-España.#Aragón-(Zaragoza Huesca y Teruel-España-Castillos Palacios y Plazas Fuertes.#¿Historias cortas para no dormir y no tener pesadillas? ¡Caray que Tropa!#¿Recordando el futuro desde un pretérito imperfecto?
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Jadon Sancho, Marcus Rashford & Jesse Lingard
Atletico Madrid v Manchester United - February 23, 2022
📸: Isabel Infantes
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Thus one could conclude that Infante Sancho’s choice to marry María de Molina, in many respects, as a response to his father’s inept leadership as well as a signal to his supporters of his effectiveness as their future king. All of which at the time played thoroughly into Infante Sancho’s overt ambition to be king. If this is the case then as Pous correctly states, both Infante Sancho and María de Molina were fully aware of the impediments to their marriage. Pous also feels that one should look more closely at María de Molina’s motives, and not canonize her as some historians have done. She was a strong-willed individual, who knew exactly what she was doing in marrying Sancho and the personal and political consequences of this act. María de Molina may well have been as ambitious for power and status as Infante Sancho was. — Paulette Lynn Pepin, María de Molina, Queen and Regent: Life and Rule in Castile-León, 1259-1321
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March 14, 2022: King Felipe inaugurated the exhibition “Alfonso X: el legado de un rey precursor” (Alfonso X: the legacy of a precursor king) at the Museum of Santa Cruz de Toledo, organized by Acción Cultural Española, the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Toledo City Council , the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha and the Toledo Provincial Council, which carries out a complete journey through the life and legacy of the monarch, born in Toledo in 1221, whose 8th centenary was commemorated on November 23.
The exhibition, whose curator is Ricardo Izquierdo Benito, professor of Medieval History at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, is organized into five sections. The first of them “Alfonso, infante (1221-1252)”, collects the first decades of the future king, from his birth in Toledo until the death of his father, Fernando III, through his participation in the conquest of the kingdom of Murcia and an early interest in translations through texts such as the Lapidary.
“The ruling king (1252-1284): a reign of lights and shadows”, reviews the second half of his life from different perspectives, such as the symbolic representation of the monarch, the economy, legislative work and relations with the Church . “The Wise King”, the third of the five sections, reflects his interest in science, chess and devotion to the Virgin, without forgetting a context in which the first universities flourished and Gothic architecture renewed the semblance of cathedrals such as that of Toledo.
“The end of the reign” presents the convulsive relationship of the Wise King with the infant Don Sancho, who will ultimately be his successor. Finally, “The vision of the king from posterity” gathers both the vision of historians and that of the artists who contributed to shaping the collective imagination around the monarch.
Through almost 180 pieces from national and international institutions such as the National Library of Spain, the Prado Museum, National Heritage or the Alhambra, visitors can learn about the history and sociopolitical context in which this great character of history lived Spanish, as well as the great literary, scientific, historical and legal work that he sponsored, supervised and in which he often participated with his own writing and in collaboration with a group of Latin, Hebrew and Islamic intellectuals known as the School of Translators of Toledo.
“Alfonso X the Wise: the legacy of a precursor king” will remain installed in the Museum of Santa Cruz de Toledo until June 19, from Monday to Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sundays. The visit will be free and free. It will be possible to book guided tours online at www.exposicionalfonsox.com.
#King Felipe#King Felipe of Spain#King Felipe VI#King Felipe VI of Spain#Official Event#20220314#March 2022
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This Be the Verse
By Philip Larkin
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another’s throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don’t have any kids yourself.
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Othello day 19 - Granada to Priego de Córdoba
After a bit of an anxious start getting out of Granada it was another stunning day on the bike, only made quite difficult because of the brutal winds.
We passed a big man made lake and then cycled through loads and loads of olive trees. After a beautiful (but windy) climb we arrived at Moclin a very important town historically. Borrowing from our historian again:
Moclín Castle was built in the mid 13th Century to defend the Moorish Kingdom of Granada from the Christian-ruled Kingdoms of Castile, and from the time of its construction the fortress was almost constantly under siege until it was captured by the armies of the Catholic King and Queen, Isabel y Fernando in 1486. It was from Moclín that they eventually moved to conquer Granada some 6 years later, in 1492.
One of the bloodiest battles in the region’s history took place in 1280. Despite the Castle being one of the most impregnable fortresses of that time, the court of King Alfonso X based themselves in Córdoba to plan an attack that would allow them to break through the Montes de Granada, via Moclín, and into the Vega of Granada, the plains surrounding Granada itself. Alfonso entrusted the campaign to his eldest son, the Infante Don Sancho. Sancho ordered his general Gonzalo to lead an expeditionary force in order to protect the army’s stockpiling of supplies. As they returned from their expedition they were attacked by the army of Mohammed II who then feigned retreat, leading the army of Gonzalo into an ambush below Moclín Castle. The Moors understood the terrain, the forests and ravines, so it was relatively easy to surround their enemy and cut them off, with devastating consequences. During the Battle of Moclín, subsequently known as the Disaster of Moclín, 2,800 Christians were killed and Gonzalo was fatally wounded, furthermore the knights of the Religious order of Santiago where essentailly wiped out.
Unfortunately the cafe in town was closed for renovation so we had coffee in a bar on the outskirts and very welcome it was.
More beautiful cycling after coffee but unfortunately the wind eventually brought me unstuck at around 51km when I was blown over. This time there was no unclipping, the bike and I ended up on the other side of the road facing the way I had just come. I’ve done some damage to my left leg around the knee, probably from being twisted around. Anyway the next day or so should reveal how much damage I have or haven’t done. Not much in the way of missing skin and Dr Jonathan, whom some of you know is helping me tremendously.
So, lunch was a picnic looking up at another beautiful town - Montefrio, which today was very apt. Loads more olive trees this afternoon and more wind. It’s beyond me how Theresa is staying upright as she’s way smaller than me. This afternoon we also passed heaps of co-operatives where the olives go and those on the road told me that as they passed one they must have been pressing because the beautiful aroma filled the air.
Tonight we are just outside Priego de Córdoba in a very nice 4 star hotel. We’ve certainly made good use of the bar if not the pool. Dinner was at the hotel and was delicious and huge! I started to feel a little woozy before the dessert arrived unfortunately because it was rice pudding, an absolute favourite that Jose’s Mum makes. By all accounts it was delicious, though frankly I was already uncomfortably full.
All of today’s photos have come fromJose and other riders.
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ORDOÑO III
King of León
(born c. 926 - died 956)
pictured above is an imagined portrait of the King of León, by Isidoro Lozano from 1852
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SERIES - Descendants of the Kings of Asturias: Ordoño was a great-grandson of Alfonsu III, King of Asturias from 866. Some sources consider that his grandfather Ordoñu II, King of León was also King of Asturias from 914, although ruling from León.
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ORDOÑO was born around 926, somewhere at the Kingdom of León. He was the second son of Infante Ramiro of León and his first wife Adosinda Gutiérrez. As at the time of his birth his father may have already been the ruler of the County of Portugal he could have been born there.
He was a member of the Ordóñez Dynasty branch of the ASTUR-LEONESE DYNASTY and was named ORDOÑO RAMÍREZ, meaning Ordõno son of Ramiro.
In the 930s a lot happened in his life. By 930 his father probably reputiaded his mother. While in 931 his father succeeded as Ramiro II, King of León and he became an INFANTE OF LEÓN. And around 932-34 his father remarried to Urraka Santxitz of Pamplona.
Around 944 he marrried URRACA, of Castilian nobility. She was a niece of his stepmother as one of the daughters of Fernán González, Count of Castile and Antsa Santxitz of Pamplona. They possibly had one son.
Very little is known about his life before his father's death in 951, when he succeeded as ORDOÑO III, KING OF LEÓN because his older brother was already dead.
Though his succession was challenged by his younger half-brother Infante Sancho with the support of the Count of Castile and the Kingdom of Pamplona.
So some sources believe that because his father-in-law the Count of Castile supported his half-brother's claim over his own he reputiaded his wife around 952-53.
As it is believed that his only son was born during the period in which he was separated from Urraca, some sources believe that the mother of this child could have been an unrecorded second wife or a mistress.
Trying to work out a plausible maternal ancestry for his son, some sources believe that the mother of this child could have been a certain ELVIRA, one of the daughters of Pelayo González, Count of Deza and Hermesinda Guterrez.
But as these speculations clash out with his recorded wife having been mentioned again in charters from June 954, it is believed that he probably reconciled to Urraca before that.
Hence there are no consensus over who was the real mother of his only child or if he was legitimate or illegitimate.
It is believed that he could have probably reconciled with his wife do to the Count of Castile having changed sides and having began to support his claim over the throne.
At the beginning of his reign he also had to endure internal rebellions and Muslim attacks, but succeeded in signing a truce with the Muslims from the Caliphate of Córdoba.
Also during his reign the Kingdom of León continued to have problems with the growing power independence of the County of Castile and he ended up briefly making piece with his father-in-law.
The King of León died in Zamora, in 956, probably already in his thirties.
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After he died his half-brother could finally become King Sancho I, as the uncontested Monarch of León, probably because his only son was still a child.
However, around 958 his half-brother was deposed and King Ordoño III's widow was married by her father to the new King Ordoño IV (a cousin of King Ordoño III). Not long after, she would also end up becoming a Queen Consort of Pamplona through her third marriage to King Antso II.
By 985 his only son could finally inherit the Kingdom as Bermudo II, King of León. And it is through his son that all subsequent Monarchs of León and Spain are his descendants, and also all Monarchs of Castile since 1065.
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ORDOÑO III had one child... either legitimate or illegitimate
With his wife URRACA, an unrecorded second wife or a mistress...
Bermudo II, King of León - husband first (possibly) of Velasquita and second of Elvira of Castile.
He was born a member of the Ordóñez Dynasty branch line of the Astur-Leonese Dynasty.
In a span of four generations, ORDOÑO III was related to the Kings of Asturias through his father…
His father was Ramiro II, King of León.
His grandfather was Ordoñu II, King of León - possibly the King of Asturias between 914-24.
His great-grandfather was Alfonsu III, King of Asturias - the King of Asturias between 866-910.
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